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Rural employment promotion and results

measurement - recent experiences from GIZ

Frank Bertelmann

Sector Project „Rural employment with focus on youth“

Berlin, 13.06.2018

GDPRD – AGA 2018: Working Group Session

“Rural employment dynamics: empirical evidence & monitoring for impact”

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Content:

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1. Short background: recent trends in rural (youth) employment in GIZ

2. Key issues in measuring employment effects in the agricultural sector

a) Project level: Good Practices (Example of A4SD)

b) Corporate level: GIZ Results Data 2018 (Aggregated Employment Results)

c) Conceptual level: Methodological Guidelines for Project Monitoring

3. Conclusions and Outlook: The bigger picture and way forward

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1. Background: Key facts and dynamics for rural youth employment

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Rural Youth Employment (RYE) is high on the agenda!! SEWOH, Berlin Charta,

G20, new government, etc. the topic is gaining a lot of momentum!!

Portfolio Analysis: Only ~20% of the RD-portfolio have explicit employment

objectives / indicators (~25% have none), RYE has not yet been on the agenda yet

still a diverse portfolio with good practices on approaches and measurement

Hypothesis: We already achieve substantial employment effects in RD, but often

we do not measure them sufficiently focus so far on productivity and income

Broader Context: What do we and others know and do already on key RYE aspects?

“stock taking” on strategies, empirical trends, measurement, project impacts,

etc. in collaboration with WB / IFAD, DIE / GDI, OECD-SWAC, MSU, FAO, RWI

Conclusion: We don’t know our full impacts yet and we don’t know how to

measure them on a bigger scale!! But: employment isn’t new we can build on

conceptual foundations (integrated approach, etc.) mostly for wage employment

Recent trends in the topic of rural (youth) employment in GIZ

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2. Key issues in

monitoring rural

employment effects

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Aggregated Results

Pragmatic Methodologies

for Program Monitoring

A4SD

Green InnovationCenters

E4D

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Common Definitions

ILO-FAO Definition

Rural employment realities

Living Income / Wage

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Good Project

Practices

G20-Initiative

SEWOH 2.0

Marshall-Plan

Job-Partnerships

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Empirical Data and Trends

Policies and Strategies

for RYE

GIZ Results Data

BMZ / GDC Aggregated Data

Public Communication

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OECD-SWAC

Michigan State University

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a) Good Project Practices:

Innovative approaches and impressive results

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A4SD – Innovative measuring of employment effects along the value chain

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b) GIZ Results Data – example overview of 2016 results

PEOPLE IN EMPLOYMENT

AND IMPROVEMENTS TO

WORKING CONDITIONS

FOOD SECURITY AND

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

4,5 million

Jobs per

year

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GIZ Results Data – 2018 Survey on aggregated indicators

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Integration of key aspects of rural (youth) employment in the 4 indicators:

broader definition of rural employment (incl. subsistence production)

additional employment in FTE (reduction of underemployment)

income increase as more productive employment

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c) Methodology for measuring employment results in RD programs

Objective: Development of a manual / tool-kit for designing employment related

objective and indicator systems in rural development programs

Challenge: no standard definitions, indicators & methodologies for informal

rural employment, often limited resources for in-depth household surveys

Approach: Development of a sound but simple methodology for employment

impacts along different result chains

Common set of indicators to allow for aggregated and comparable results

Methodology: mix of measuring / collecting, modelling (estimating) data

Option: IT-tool (questionnaire / checklist) to guide the set-up of M&E systems

Status: Comprehensive field assessments with projects Ghana and Kenia, design

work under way, testing and fine tuning of methodology in 3rd quarter

Assessment: Important basis towards a common pragmatic framework for rural

employment, but limitations of course remain, some robust data is needed!!

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3. Conclusions and Outlook: The bigger picture and way forward

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1. Putting together the parts of the puzzle will take us a

good step forward in laying the foundations for a

comprehensive rural youth employment agenda

2. Translation into policies and implementation of

(proven) concepts is a medium-term process,

supported by the Sector Project (2018-2022)

3. But a major part of the strategizing and

conceptualization takes place now (e.g.

SEWOH 2.0, SI Education and Employment, etc.)

4. Parallel: Synchronization and harmonization with international initiatives and programs,

especially within multilateral contributions of Germany (EU-AU, GAFSP, IFAD, etc.)

5. Implementation and monitoring of the G20-Initiative on Rural Youth Employment provides

a good framework and helps to follow up and synchronize commitments

ContributionsGaps

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Key Messages – Employment Measurement

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1. Reliable employment data on program level is crucial to

know what works and to allow for accountability against

international policy commitments.

With limited resources and a lack of reliable data, there is an

urgent need for simple but sound methodologies to assess

employment impacts.

2. A common framework and definitions are a pre-requisite for

aggregated results as well as for international complementarity

and comparability.

A more comprehensive coordination and cooperation of

donors and development partners will help to capitalize on

coherent implementation and joint learning.

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Key Messages – Employment Promotion

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1. At strategic level, a comprehensive approach to rural youth

employment is urgently needed, with skills, business opportunities

and better economic framework conditions at its core,

but closely accompanied by complementary and coherent policies

for education, social security, population dynamics, etc.

2. At operational level, focused approaches (e.g. skills and business

development, access to markets and finance, ICT, etc.) embedded

into broad-based value chain (regional) development are needed to

create quick and direct impacts and to bring successful models

to scale. Landwirtschaftliche Innovationen in Benin

Grüne Innovationszentren der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft

Ausgangssituation

Ausgangssituation

Einem Großteil der Menschen in Benin dient die Land-

wirtschaft als Lebensgrundlage. Die Voraussetzungen für

die Produktion sind eigentlich gut. Viele Bauern bauen

für den Eigenbedarf und den lokalen Markt an.

Wissensdefizite verhindern jedoch, dass sie ihre Produk-

tivität steigern und tragen dazu bei, dass Böden weiter-

hin über die Maße beansprucht werden und degradie-

ren. Ein weiteres Problem ist, dass die Weiterverarbei-

tung der landwirtschaftlichen Produkte nicht mehr in

Benin stattfindet. So bleibt der Verdienst der Bauern ge-

ring.

Die Erträge der Ernten gehen stetig zurück, die Ackerbö-

den sind ausgelaugt und viele Schafe, Ziegen und Hüh-

ner sterben noch als Jungtiere.

Mit der richtigen Haltung lässt sich die Sterberate der

Tiere jedoch verringern. Reis und Soja bieten gute Ein-

kommensperspektiven für die Bauern. Darauf kon-

zentriert sich das Grüne Innovationszentrum.

Aktivitäten in Benin

Förderung von verbesserten Reis- und

Sojaproduktionssystemen sowie Verbreitung

verbesserter Verarbeitungstechniken

Unterstützung bei der Lehrplangestaltung an

landwirtschaftlichen Beruffsschulen sowie

Entwicklung einer e-learning Plattform

Unternehmensberatung und Coaching von kleinen

und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) im Verarbeitungs-

bereich

Stärkung der Kooperation und Vernetzung von Akteu-

ren in der Landwirtschaft – z. B. von Forschungszen-

tren, Schulen und staatlichen Organisationen

Etablierung des klimaangepassten Systems der Reisin-

tensivierung (SRI)

Unsere Ziele bis März 2022

Einkommenssteigerung: von 50.000 kleinbäu-

erlichen Betrieben; um durchschnittlich 33 %

Beschäftigungswachstum: mindestens 1.000

neu geschaffene Arbeitsplätze (davon 20% Ju-

gendliche und 35% Frauen)

Aus- und Fortbildungsangebote: für 70.000

Menschen

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Thank you very much for your attention!!

Looking forward to a lively discussion…

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